Clothes-drier.



W. L. GUsTAPsoN.

CLOTHES DRIE-R.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2z. 1909.

Patented Jan.4, 1910.

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WILHELM LINUS GUSTAFSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-URIBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Application filed May 22, 1909. Serial No. 497,651.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILHELM L. GUS- TArsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and u se the same.

This invention relates to clothes driers or forms and more particularlyto a device of the kind for drying a variety of garments at once; by theuse of this device a shirt or similar garment, a pair of stockings orleggings and a pair of gloves may all be dried at one and the same time;another object is the production of a device of the kind that is simple,efficient and cheap to manufacture.

Vith this and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, and combination of parts to be hereinafter fiiore fullydescribed in the following specification, pointed out in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of saidspecification.

The accompanying drawing is a front elevation of the device.

. The numeral 2 in the drawings represents the side wires of the bodyportion of the invention.

3 is the lower cross wire and 4 the upper cross wire, offset as at `5--5to form a neck shaped portion.

5a is a supporting cross wire connecting side wires 2.

6 is a wire connecting the upper and lower cross wires of the bodyportion of the device and terminating in a hook 7 at its upper extremityby which the device may be suspended.

A swinging form made in two independent sections and turning pivotallyon the central wire 6 and operating within the body portion has itslateral portion 8 made in tegral with the top and bottom portions 10 and9 respectively. One section of this form operates on one side ofsupporting wire and the other section on the other side. Either sectionmay be turned to a position at right angles with said supporting wire ormay lie against the same as shown in dotted lines.

11 represents a stocking form swinging freely on wire 3 of the body formand terminating in a foot form as shown. This stocking form may beturned back upon the hotly portion when not in use as shown in dottedlines.

12 is a sliding sleeve form, oblong in shape and operating through eyes13 of the body form.

14 is a hand or Glove form, oblong in shape and open at the relativelyinner extremity and slidably secured to sleeve form 12 through themedium of eyes 15 of said form; the fingers of said glove form are madeby bending the material back upon itself and then shaping it toaccommodate the .finger stalls of the glove.

If a shirt is to be dried on the form the stocking form will, of course,hang down out of the way. The glove form may be drawn inwardly as showndotted and the body portion of the shirt will be drawn over the bodyform and the sleeves drawn over the sleeve forms; the sleeve forms canthen be slidably extended away from the body form as far as desired. Ifit is desired to stretch the shirt while -drying or to hasten the dryingby air circulation the inner forms may be turned at right angles withsupporting wire 5a. Gloves may be dried by drawing the glove forms totheir relatively outward position away from the body form and the glovesdrawn on over them. Stockings or leggings may be drawn on over theirforms.

When not in use the device may be folded up by drawing the glove andsleeve forms together and folding the stocking forms back upon the bodyform.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is l. In a clothesdrier, a body form having a vertical central member terminating in ahook, a swinging form operating within said body form and pivoted tosaid central member, a stocking form suitably carried by said body form,a sleeve form slidably arranged on said body form and a glove formslidably carried by said sleeve form.

2. In a clothes drier, a body form having a vertical central memberterminating in a hook, a stocking form suitably carried by said bodyform and adapted to fold back upon said body form, a sleeve formslidably arranged on said body form and a glove form slidably carried bysaid sleeve form.

3. In a clothes drier, a body forni, a stoek- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing ing form appended thereto, extensible Sleeve as niy own Ihave hereto aflixed my signature forms arranged on said body forni,shdable 1n the presence of two Witnesses.

glove forms arranged 'on said sleeve forms n WILHELM LINUS GUSTAFSON. 5and means operable Within said body form y mltnesses:

for stretching the garment applied to said H. G. GREENE,

body form. J. ROGER BROWN.

